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@toutovlepo.bsky.social
Magister et Linguae et Ludi 🏺🎲. Tiro armorum artium ⚔️🔨. Co-Chair @centralindsa.bsky.social . Anti-stoicist.
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· Nov 12
Tē vīdī mīsisse meae clam scrīpta puellae,
capte fidē falsā, dum mea metra cano.
//you're in her DMs, I'm writing her poems
capte fidē falsā, dum mea metra cano.
//you're in her DMs, I'm writing her poems
Hm if you did like a POV tiktok (like: POV: cats really like you) in Latin, would it be governed by indirect speech or would POV be some kind of subordinated clause like “ut dicitur”
August 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Hm if you did like a POV tiktok (like: POV: cats really like you) in Latin, would it be governed by indirect speech or would POV be some kind of subordinated clause like “ut dicitur”
As of this year, I have officially quadrupled Latin enrollment since I was hired
August 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
As of this year, I have officially quadrupled Latin enrollment since I was hired
[Versiculi aegyptici antiqui latine versi]
Mortuus domi recubans videbor
Turba ut huc intret simulo universa
Inter hos spectans ea cur requiram
non medicum scit
Mortuus domi recubans videbor
Turba ut huc intret simulo universa
Inter hos spectans ea cur requiram
non medicum scit
July 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
[Versiculi aegyptici antiqui latine versi]
Mortuus domi recubans videbor
Turba ut huc intret simulo universa
Inter hos spectans ea cur requiram
non medicum scit
Mortuus domi recubans videbor
Turba ut huc intret simulo universa
Inter hos spectans ea cur requiram
non medicum scit
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I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Excellently-curated, entertaining, and legible stories with genuinely helpful notes that aid reading fluency, without succumbing to over-grammarliness. I wish I had the flexibility to read this with my 4’s!
March 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Excellently-curated, entertaining, and legible stories with genuinely helpful notes that aid reading fluency, without succumbing to over-grammarliness. I wish I had the flexibility to read this with my 4’s!
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So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:
The new project mapping 7,000+ ancient letters is impressive: romanletters.org . The database & geolocation (although noting Pleiades rather than just AWMC would be nice) are great. But I absolutely cannot get over use of AI—however transparent—for translation.
🚨 Value human translators 🚨
🚨 Value human translators 🚨
March 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:
toutovlepo mentioned!
Today on the blog, Thomas Hendrickson discusses tiered readers as a bridge between introductory textbooks and unadapted Latin texts.
classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tho...
classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tho...
March 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
toutovlepo mentioned!
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90s Captain Ahab: Thar she blows. Thar she blows again.
March 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
90s Captain Ahab: Thar she blows. Thar she blows again.
Is there an allergy medicine out there that doesn’t also make you evil and insane?
Flonase was pretty ok last year but I still had trouble sleeping if I took it as much as directed
Flonase was pretty ok last year but I still had trouble sleeping if I took it as much as directed
March 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Is there an allergy medicine out there that doesn’t also make you evil and insane?
Flonase was pretty ok last year but I still had trouble sleeping if I took it as much as directed
Flonase was pretty ok last year but I still had trouble sleeping if I took it as much as directed
Wow okay thanks yall. I thought id maybe get beer money for a week, but yall just couldn’t stop buying this lol. Thank you so much lmao
Happy Pokémon Day!
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
March 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Wow okay thanks yall. I thought id maybe get beer money for a week, but yall just couldn’t stop buying this lol. Thank you so much lmao
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BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
February 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
Happy Pokémon Day!
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
February 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Happy Pokémon Day!
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
Here’s 10,000 words of Latin keyed to the first 10 chapters of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
toutovlepo.itch.io
Assigning a 30 question kahoot on a Friday
February 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Assigning a 30 question kahoot on a Friday
Rereading The King Must Die, which I last read as part of my 9th grade summer reading. What a book, wowee
February 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Rereading The King Must Die, which I last read as part of my 9th grade summer reading. What a book, wowee
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Latin verse of the day:
cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator
(Juvenal, Satire 10.22)
"a traveler who is empty-handed can sing in the mugger's face."
cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator
(Juvenal, Satire 10.22)
"a traveler who is empty-handed can sing in the mugger's face."
February 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Latin verse of the day:
cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator
(Juvenal, Satire 10.22)
"a traveler who is empty-handed can sing in the mugger's face."
cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator
(Juvenal, Satire 10.22)
"a traveler who is empty-handed can sing in the mugger's face."
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It's Friday night baby
July 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It's Friday night baby
Quasi fulmen Iovis Optimi Maximi ea cerevesia mea manu prehenditur
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Quasi fulmen Iovis Optimi Maximi ea cerevesia mea manu prehenditur
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I made another blog post for the Pliny haters. This one's about his omissions of esse, which are neither very unusual nor very challenging for students, but people need something to complain about I guess
magisterconway.blogspot.com/2026/02/comi...
magisterconway.blogspot.com/2026/02/comi...
Coming to Grips with Ellipsis (A Pliny Appreciation Guide, Part 3)
Many people reading Pliny for the first time are struck with a question: “Why is Pliny the way that he is?” If you’re wondering why ...
magisterconway.blogspot.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I made another blog post for the Pliny haters. This one's about his omissions of esse, which are neither very unusual nor very challenging for students, but people need something to complain about I guess
magisterconway.blogspot.com/2026/02/comi...
magisterconway.blogspot.com/2026/02/comi...
Docere adulescentes Linguam Latinam est gaudium sublimum
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Docere adulescentes Linguam Latinam est gaudium sublimum
quamquam errores typographici abundant, tamen vobis mittam, quia maximus fautor huius festi sum
FELIX FESTUM ASINI!!
🫏👶🎄⛪️🔔 🫏 👶🎄⛪️🔔
Hoc festum praecipue in Francis regionibus septentrionalibus, scilicet Normannia celebrabatur, saeculis M per MD, dum Contrareformatio id minueret.
en 🧵:
🫏👶🎄⛪️🔔 🫏 👶🎄⛪️🔔
Hoc festum praecipue in Francis regionibus septentrionalibus, scilicet Normannia celebrabatur, saeculis M per MD, dum Contrareformatio id minueret.
en 🧵:
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
quamquam errores typographici abundant, tamen vobis mittam, quia maximus fautor huius festi sum
FELIX FESTUM ASINI OMNES!!!
If you'd like to read about it with your students, sing a fun song, and learn a historical dance buy my unit packet here!
toutovlepo.itch.io/feast-of-the...
If you'd like to read about it with your students, sing a fun song, and learn a historical dance buy my unit packet here!
toutovlepo.itch.io/feast-of-the...
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
FELIX FESTUM ASINI OMNES!!!
If you'd like to read about it with your students, sing a fun song, and learn a historical dance buy my unit packet here!
toutovlepo.itch.io/feast-of-the...
If you'd like to read about it with your students, sing a fun song, and learn a historical dance buy my unit packet here!
toutovlepo.itch.io/feast-of-the...
Today we were talking about historical Latin pronunciations as we sang Orientis Partibus for the Feast of the Ass. I used the English “vivat Regina” as an example. So at the end of class, a girl goes, “man I love Latin. What other class has you talking about Ass and Reginas?”
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today we were talking about historical Latin pronunciations as we sang Orientis Partibus for the Feast of the Ass. I used the English “vivat Regina” as an example. So at the end of class, a girl goes, “man I love Latin. What other class has you talking about Ass and Reginas?”